第一步
加州长期护理伙伴关系
评估你的处境
说起来容易做起来难，但对于长期护理而言却并非如此。 与亲人尽早谈论长期护理期望是您可以采取的最有力的一步。 它避免了危机中长期护理决策中常见的痛苦、误解和愤怒。
It all starts with a conversation.
对话入门
It isn’t easy to start a conversation with a loved one about long-term care. Whether you’re talking with your parents or letting people know about your wishes, the conversation can be emotional and overwhelming. However, it is important to talk about realistic expectations, and we’ve developed a list of questions to help guide you through this difficult topic.
Questions to ask about long-term care:
- 您希望在哪里、如何度过您的退休生活？
- 对于长期护理，您有何愿望？
- 您希望您所爱的人扮演什么角色？
- 您的亲人期望扮演什么角色？
- 家庭成员能否承担照顾的负担？
- 如果您需要长期护理，您希望什么样的环境？
- 已经到位或者可能到位哪些财政资源或保险保障？
金钱与理智
请勿在没有计划的情况下结束对话。 坐下来评估您的财务状况并将其与您的预期进行比较。 如果没有其他事情，就让大家围坐在厨房的桌子旁讨论情况，并确定你希望他们扮演的角色，以避免以后产生误解。
AARP has a Long-Term Care Cost Calculator to help you and your family estimate costs and services in your area.
问题的人性一面
首先，长期护理是一个非常个人化的问题，它不仅受到情感、家庭关系和沟通的影响，还受到这些讨论中通常涉及的财政问题的影响。 以下是一些关于解决这些非常现实和人性化问题的有价值的文章链接。
Sometimes it arrives as a midnight crisis; for others, caring for an ailing loved one has become part of the family fabric over time…
Gail Gibson Hunt, who directs the National Alliance for Caregiving(NAC) in Washington, D.C., admonishes that caregiving is not a pathology. Even though caregivers do experience stress levels higher than those in the general community; and even though they often report painful emotional, physical, social, and financial challenges, most still express great satisfaction in being called to care…
Many middle-aged and older women caregivers say they would take better care of themselves if only they had enough energy. Fatigue is a common complaint; it usually arises because caregivers are embarrassed or unwilling to ask for help. It also comes about because of a lack of awareness of the wealth of home-based elder care services that exist in every community…